Zucchini

We took Rachel out to the swimming pool at our hotel at Gulf Shores, Alabama today. Rachel doesn't know how to swim and hasn't received lessons yet. After she had her tonsils and adenoids removed last year, doctors put in ear tubes, which don't mix real well with water.

Still, today was a chance to get Rachel used to floaties and teach her not to go in the pool without a responsible adult. Okay, that means mommy. But if mommy isn't around, then I have to fill in.

Anyway, as Rachel prepared to change in our hotel room, she told her mom she needed to put on her "zucchini." She later corrected it to "bikini" and explained she had trouble saying "that word."

I'm glad we have a daughter. If my son said he had to put on his "zucchini" before heading to the pool, we'd have to have a heart-to-heart talk then and there!